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J. LANE.

TUNNEL FRAME FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF CABLE WAYS. No. 265,329,. Patented Oct. 3, 1882.

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NITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN LANE, OF HYDE PARK, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO N. S. BOUTON, OF SAME PLACE.

TUNNEL-FRAME FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF CABLE-WAYS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 265,329, dated October 3, 1882.

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To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, JOHN LANE, of Hyde Park, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Yokes or Tunnel-Frames for the (Jonstruction of Gable-Ways, which improvement is fully set forth in the following specification and accompanying drawings.

This invention is intended to simplify and cheapen the construction of the yoke for streetcar cable-ways, making the yoke of lighter section view of the tie-bar 0, taken on the dot-' ted line as w in Fig. 3, showing the tie-bar O as made of T-iron. Figs. 5 and 6 are views showing how L or single angle iron may be used, instead of T-iron, for the tie-bar 0 without departing from the feature of my invention and claims. Fig. 7 is a perspective view, enlarged, of the saddle-brace I); and Fig. 8 is a perspective view, enlarged, of the slot-iron brace E.

Like letters of reference refer to like parts in all the drawings.

The yoke consists of four bars, A B U 0, constructed and united together as shown. The tie-bar O is constructed of T or double-flanged iron, as shown in cross-section in Fig. 4. The middle part of the tie-bar O is bent so that the inner end of the bar has an elevation above its outer end, as is clearly shown in Fig. 1, and the flanged part of the said bar is uppermost. The outer end part of the tie-bar 0 supports the saddle S, in which is seated the rail-beam T, on the top of which is the rail It, as shown in Fig. 1. The inner end part of the tie-bar 0 supports the slot-iron H, as shown. The barA consists ofa wide, thin, flat bar-iron, bent edgewise U shape, (or horseshoe shape,) as shown in the drawings. The open endofthe U-shaped barA has the ends of the bar preferably curved inwardly for strength, and the ends of the said bar may be riveted or bolted at b b b b to the -inner end part of the tie-bar O, as shown in the drawings. The bar B also consists of a wide, thin, flat bar-iron, bent edgewise, as V shape, with the ends of the bar bentcurved outwardly, and may be riveted or bolted at c 0 c o to the outer end part of the tie-bar G, and the V shaped bar B is bent to such a shape and form as to overlap the U-shaped barAat P, as shown, and the two bars A and B may be united together with rivets or bolts at a a a (6, as shown in the drawings. The V-shaped bar B extends below the bar A, as shown in Fig. 1, forming an opening or sub-tunnel, J, in which a sewer may be constructed, and the opening or tunnel K, formed by the bent U-shaped barA, may be used for the cable. I have shown that I preferably use two bolts or rivets at each place of uniting the said four bars together. More or less bolts or rivets may be used, as desired. The ends of the said bars A and B may he riveted or bolted to opposite sides of the bar (3, as is clearly shown in the drawings.

E is a brace, having one end bolted to the tic-bar U at d, and the other end bolted to the slot-iron H, as shown in the drawings. The brace E may be made of flat bar-iron, with a perforated lip or flange, 0, formed on one end, and the other end flattened and perforated, as shown in Fig. 8. The purpose of the brace E is to hold the slot-iron H in its position,whereby the slit h, formed between the two said slotirons, may be kept open to a uniform size.

I) is a brace, made of flat bar-iron twisted and perforated atffand g, as shown in Fig. 7. The brace D has one end bolted to the tiebar 0 at d, and the other end extending through a slot in the saddle S, and keys, as wedges, may be used in the slotsff to adjust the saddle, as will be understood byinspecting the drawings in Fig. 1.

The braces D and E may be made separate, as shown in Figs. 7 and 8, or they may be united together in one bar, as is shown in Fig. 1.

The construction, arrangement, and combination of the four bars A B O 0 form a truss of great strength, and less weight of material may be used than heretofore, whereby the required strength is secured at less cost.

Having thus described my invention,what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is-

1. In a truss or yoke for street-car cableways, the combination of the U-shaped bar A and the V-shaped bar B, constructed and united together substantially as shown, with the tiebar (J, and with the bolts or rivets a b uniting the ends of the said bars A and B to the said tie-bar 0, all arranged and operating substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. In a truss or yoke for street-car cableways, the Ushaped bar A and the V-shaped bar B, bot-h constructed of flat bar-iron bent odgewise and united together with bolts or rivets a a, and the ends of the said bars A and B bent carved in opposite directions, in combination with the tie-bar O, and the tie-bar O united to the ends of the said bars A and B with bolts or rivets I) c, all arranged to operate substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

3. In a truss or yoke for street-car cableways, the U-shapcd bar A and the Vshaped bar 13, both constructed of flat bar-iron, and the said V-shaped bar bent to such a shape as to overlap the said bar A, and united thereto with bolts or rivetsa a, and the ends of the said bars A and B bent in opposite directions, in combination with the tie-bar G, united to the ends of the said bars A andB with bolts or rivets I) c, all substantially as specified.

4. In a truss or yoke for street-car cableways, the U-shaped bars A, with its ends bent curved inward, the V-shaped bar B, with its ends bent curved outward, and the tie-bar (1, with its middle part bent so that the inner end part of the said bar has an elevation above its outer end part, all constructed, combined, and arranged with the bolts or rivets (t a. b b c c, substantially as shown, and for the purpose set forth.

5. The combination of the brace E, having one end flattened and perforated, the other end having aperforated flange orlip, as shown, with the tie-bar O, and with the slot-irou H, arranged to operate substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

6. The combination of the brace l) with the slotsfj'and the perforation g, with the tie-bar O, and with the saddle S, arranged to operate substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

7. The combination of the U-shaped bar A,

the V shaped bar B, and the tie-bar C, c0u

structed and arranged with the bolts or rivets (I. a b I) c c, as shown, and with the slotiron 1'], the brace E, the saddle S, and the brace 1), all arranged to operate substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

JOHN LANE.

Witnesses:

M. E. LANE, H. B. HOBART. 

